The combined effects of scale and productivity on species richness

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1005-1011

  Weiher, Evan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN EAU CLAIRE   (United States)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomass; Productivity; Scale; Soil organic content; Species richness; Species area curve

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; ECOLOGY; MODEL; ORGANIC MATTER; PRODUCTIVITY; SOIL; SPECIES RICHNESS;

BIOMASS; MARSH; PRODUCTIVITY; SCALE EFFECT; SPECIES RICHNESS;

EID: 0032763078     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2745.1999.00412.x     Document Type: Article

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